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Hornmasters Extra: An Update from Robinson on the Aperture

PUBLISHED: October 4, 2010, John Ericson

One of the great things for Bruce and I is we hear from some of the greats of horn teaching and playing who do follow the site. The following note is from William C. Robinson and updates his thoughts on teaching the aperture, and we do thank him for permission to share this with Horn [...]

Hornmasters on Mouthpiece Placement

PUBLISHED: August 17, 2010, John Ericson

I changed my embouchure twice in college, the first time right after my sophomore year and the second during my Doctoral studies. It is never easy to make a big change and I have done more than my fair share. This photo is my placement today. Note that it is somewhat more than 2/3 upper [...]

Hornmasters: Yancich and Robinson on Right Hand Position

PUBLISHED: May 22, 2010, John Ericson

Milan Yancich in A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing offers a practical approach to finding a good hand position. There are many hand positions that result in a range of sound from a closed or covered one to an open sound…. There is no one correct position for the hand or the horn. A [...]

Hornmasters: Schuller, Yancich, Robinson, and Fox on Holding the Horn and Left Hand Position

PUBLISHED: April 18, 2010, John Ericson

Today we have a four-pack of quotes from classic horn texts on holding the horn and left hand position, with two keys for fast finger technique the end of the post. Gunther Schuller in Horn Technique addresses further the topic of the left hand. While on the topic of playing position, I would like to [...]

What Does a Warm-up Look Like?

PUBLISHED: July 25, 2009, John Ericson

For a lot of horn players it looks something like the Farkas warm-up. But it is interesting; you can see that some writers of horn methods had very different approaches ranging from the really short and basic long tone routine to the ultimate “captain warm-up” type extreme routine. And of course a part of that [...]

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